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Good, tolerance is a social contract, you endorse it and fall under its protection.
Otherwise, you can fuck off.
Don't get me wrong, I think he should be strung up.
But I'm curious what gives Finland the authority to charge a Russian for crimes committed in Ukraine?
Thatβs a good question. Is there anyone here who can answer that?
Edit: FTA:
Ukraine had requested Petrovsky's extradition, but a Finnish court ruled on Dec. 8, 2023, that he could not be sent to Ukraine, citing concerns over prison conditions under the European Convention on Human Rights.
I Guess that weβre supposed to infer that this guy had been living in Finland for some time, and therefore was subject to their jurisdiction.
Well, there you go. Thanks!
This is the answer. Thank you.
His wife came to study in Finland so I guess they lived here for a while. He was busted in Helsinki Airport when the family were trying to visit relatives in France.
Thanks to your question, I learned something new today.
TIL too, thanks.
I think he was caught in Finland. I assume he had outstanding warrants/charges already and was apprehended based on those.
Funnily enough, he was apprehended for breaking border crossing rules. He had been denied entry to Schengen area, but had changed his name and managed to enter Finland β and thus the Schengen area β with that new identity. Then, the border guards had checked some registry and found out that Ukraine has a search warrant for the guy, and that the two full names belong to the same person.
He was first apprehended for the war crimes, but there wasn't enough evidence to apprehend him for that for more than a few hours. But, luckily he had broken the Finnish law by entering Finland while he had been prohibited entry. They apprehended him for three days in order to investigate that crime, and during those three days scrambled to find enough evidence in order to apprehend him for the war crimes. They walked him out of the police jail, after his apprehension for the border infraction had ended, then immediately arrested him for suspected war crimes and walked back into the same police jail. It's funny that they had to set him free in order to arrest him for another investigation's needs. Being jailed for investigation has its own rules.
I hope he enjoyed his 5 seconds of freedom! Or two seconds, or however long it took between saying "you're free to go, bye bye" and "you are under arrest for suspected war crimes."
Would like to see a video of his face when that happened.